Trap.



W. ZARLING.

TRAP. v

APPLICATION man MAY 15, |915.

1,245,138. Panwa om 30,1917.

"Aff/'0. V

WILLIAM ZARLING, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, AssIGNoR i A, lPLAUTZ, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin.

OF ONE-HALF TO ALBERT TRAP.

Application ledMay 15, 1915.

To all flo/wm t 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM ZARLING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin, have invented a certain new and useful Invention iin Traps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices which are used to catch mice, Arats and other animals and provides means for catching a ,number of such animals in succession and holding them in confinement.

The object of my invention is to ,provide a device for catching animals of various description, and to provide means lfor causing each animal which is brought into confinement to reset the trap yfor another similar animal. Another object of my invention is .to provide means Lfor receiving a number of said animals within a removable receptacle.

I attain these objects by the device illus-l trated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trap properly set to catch mice, rats or the like.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the trap and illustrates the condition of the confining mechanism after an animal has entered within said trap.

In the trap illustrated a suitable base l is provided with a hood 2, and at one end thereof with an entrance ame 3 having provided therein an opening 4. On the frame 3 and adjacent to each side of opening l are the guides 5 which provide means for holding in position a movable trap door 6, An upwardly directed tube 7 is attached to the other end of the hood 2 and is provided at its underside with a. ruiming board 8, having suitable cleats 9 attached to the upper side thereof to provide means for the animals to easily run to the upper end thereof.

On the upper side of said tube 7 is provided a suitable opening 10, into which fits the basket 11 of suitable form, intended to hold suitable bait to entice animals to enter within the trap. A cover 12 is provided to fit over the bait basket 11 and is held in posi tion by the spring 13 attached to the lug 14 and the hook l5.

Vent holes 16 are provided on each side of the tube 7, to permit the scent of the bait to escape to the outside of the trap and lure the Svpeccatiron of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, A1917. serial No. 28,487.

animals within same. A horizontal tube 17 is attached to lthe upper end of the tube A7, and has at the lower extremity at each side of said tube 17, a'projecting lip 18, over which lits slidably the `grooved lugj19 of the animal receptacle 20. A spring 21 which is attached to the base l is adapted to catch over the pin Q2 of the animal receptacle Q0, and to hold saine in proper position with relation to the trap. At the upper end of the running board 8, is suitably attached by means of the hinge 23, a balanced ytrap door 24, which has securely attached thereto on each side ofand extending upwardlyoutside `of the tube-7, the arms 25, and which are connected together at their upper end by the .bar 26.

To this bar 26 is attached a suitable string or rope 27, whichk leads over a roller` V28 mounted in the bearings :29 on the frame 3,

A second trap door 32 which forms an apparently continuous surface beyond the trap door 2A is suitably hinged on the pins 33 which extend through the sides of the tube 17. A balanced extension 34 of said trap door 32 extends through the opening 35 at the end of the tube 17 and forms a suitable means to lure the captured animals upon said trap doors 24 and 3Q, in the hope of escaping through the opening thus provided. A tilted platform 36 is suitably mounted on the pivots 37 above the base plate l, and has attached to each side of said tilting platform 36 an upwardly projecting wing 38, which serves the purpose of supporting the trap door 6 above the opening 4 of the frame 3 when the trap is set to catch animals. In operation when an animal enters within the trap and upon the tilting door 32 causing both Yto descend and to close the ope-ning 35 at the end oi" the tube l? and plunging the animal into the receptacle '20' Which i is preferably partially lilledv with Water in which said animals will soon drown.

When thewveight of the animal tilts the trap door 24', the arms Q5 with the attached bar 26 and string or rope 27 raise the trap door 6 above the point of the Wings 3S, and alloiving'saine to fall underneath said trap door and support'same in proper position so that another' animal may enter said trap and be likewise captured.

nlarge number of animals may thus be captured successively and conlined Within the animal receptacle 2O which may at suitable times be removed land emptied of its contents. f Y Y Having tlins described my invention what l claim as new7 and desire to secure by Let tersl Patent is: y l. ln a trap of the class described, a base plate, a cover secured thereto providing an inelosure, said cover extending beyond the rear end of said base plate and provided With laterally projecting guide lips, a trap- Lerares ping receptacle having grooved portions at its upper end slidably mountedon said guide lips, trapping mechanism Wit-hinV said incl'osure, and'means Vin connection with the rear end of saidY base plate and the forward ond of saidreceptacle for detaohably locking the latter in operative position. n Y

Q. ln a trap or the class described, a. base plate7 a cover secured thereto providing an inclosure, said cover extending beyond the rear ond of said plate, trapping mechanism Within said inclosnre, guidelips projecting laterally from the extended portion oi"V said cover, a trapping receptacle having grooved portions at its upper end slidably mounted on said guide lips, a lug carried on the forward end of said receptacle and a spring locking member carried on therear end of said base plate adapted for engagement with said lug' to secure the receptacle in'position.

, ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in the presence oftivo subscribing Witnesses. Y

WHAM ZAR-LING.

l'lsitnesses: Y Y i Y l c JOHN BRAUNWALDER, lanma SAMMON.

opes 01' this patent may be obtained for ive cents eeen, by addressing the"ommissoner er Patente,

. Washington, Gf? 

